Teacher of Art

Shenley Brook End School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 7ZT

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Art & Design
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS 1-6 / UPS 1-3

Teacher of Art job summary

5 Dimensions Trust is currently advertising for the following exciting permanent opportunity at Shenley Brook End School

Teacher of Art

Salary MPS 1-6 / UPS 1-3

Full Time

Shenley Brook End School is seeking to appoint an exceptionally skilled and impactful Teacher of Art with an ability to teach across Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. The successful candidate will have a real drive to deliver exciting and innovative lessons within our school community.

We are a well-equipped department with a range of textile facilities, printing press and other print related equipment, kiln, computers in each classroom as well as further computers within our dedicated sixth form art room, a number of DSLR cameras and photography equipment. We offer GCSE Fine Art, GCSE 3D Art and A Level Fine Art; uptake for KS4 and KS5 is strong. Each year we arrange a range of visits to galleries for KS4 and KS5 and on-site workshops working with local and international artists. We regularly partake in community events such as Art in the Park and The Festival of Codes and Light in Milton Keynes as we aspire to ‘make Milton Keynes our classroom’.

Shenley Brook End School currently holds Artsmark Platinum Award, the highest award level of Artsmark. We are the only secondary school within Milton Keynes to have attained this level due to our strong commitment to the arts across the curriculum and beyond our school.

We welcome applications from Early Careers Teachers.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a passion for teaching

• Have experience of teaching across Key Stage 4 and 5, including exam groups

• Have a high regard for their learning environment and resources

• Aspire to be a talented, dynamic and an ambitious teacher, who will ensure good progress for all students

• Have the ability to inspire, engage and enthuse students

• Be skilled at fostering independent and collaborative student-led learning

The schools within the 5 Dimensions Trust are consistently ranked amongst the highest-achieving schools in Milton Keynes. We are on a mission to make our Trust the very best place to work and study.

Employee wellbeing is a priority for 5 Dimensions Trust and we recognise that happy employees perform better and live happier and healthier lives. Professional development is of a high quality; colleagues engage in a range of CPD from in-house coaching to National Professional Qualifications. All staff identify a ​5-year career pathway supporting them to grow and be the best version of themselves. Our pension scheme is generous, as is our incremental pay progression. If you would like a tour of the school prior to applying, please contact People Services on 01908 555620.

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 17 March 2025

Interview date: Thursday 20 March 2025

The Trust reserves the right to close the application process at any stage should we receive sufficient applications.

5 Dimensions Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Recruitment, 5 Dimensions Trust, Emperor Drive, Hazeley, Milton Keynes, MK8 0PT

Tel: 01908 555620

Email: recruitment@ct5d.com

Website: www.5dimensionstrust.com

CEO: Mr Tony Nelson

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Shenley Brook End School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1873 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shenley Brook End School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shenley-brook-end-school-milton-keynes

Welcome to 5 Dimensions Trust. We are a Multi-Academy Trust that serves the young people of west Milton Keynes, currently comprise two high-performing secondary schools – The Hazeley Academy and Shenley Brook End School.

The Trust was formed with very clear beliefs in education. As well as believing that excellent outcomes should be a goal for all our students, we also understand that the manner in which these results are achieved are as important. We consider that young people should develop their wider skills as they enjoy their learning on route to becoming well-rounded adults; a truly holistic education. Staff at our schools should also have the opportunity to develop their professional skills as they enjoy supporting our students on that journey. This requires close links with our families and the wider community, having schools that are at the centre of the local neighbourhood.

We are an innovative Trust that promotes the individual character and climate of each school and establishes mutual support and improvement through active collaboration.

5 Dimensions Trust believes in inspiring and empowering the growth of a vibrant community of exceptional people within its academies. Our values endorse our commitment to the principles of diversity and supporting and challenging others through robust, deep partnership and collaboration through our 5 key dimensions:

Collaborating to ensure truly holistic education

Rising together to the challenge of academic rigour

Creating a supportive partnership with parents, carers and families

Sharing to create a positive, high performing environment for staff

Crafting a meaningful partnership with our wider community

In the 5 Dimensions Trust, we

cheer for the other schools and they cheer for us;

know that the differences between us make us even stronger;

are excited by challenges and embrace calculated risk;

understand honest mistakes occur and learn from them together;

are positive in our communications and understand their power;

reward cooperative and positive relationships but understand that sometimes new levels can only be reached through dialectic;

are humble enough to give and receive support;

gain fulfilment by playing a positive role in our community.

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